# Encounter an error when Update License

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encounter-an-error-when-update-license/69974>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring\
**Created:** [December 26, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encounter-an-error-when-update-license/69974 "2016-12-26T04:40:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![hubo3085632](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hubo3085632/32/23724_2.png) [@hubo3085632](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hubo3085632)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encounter-an-error-when-update-license/69974/1 "2016-12-26T04:40:12Z")

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i updated the marvel using a basic license,then encountered an error  
"{"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"parse\_exception","reason":"Failed to derive xcontent"}],"type":"parse\_exception","reason":"Failed to derive xcontent"},"status":400}"

here is the license:  
{"license":{"uid":"e859d0ad-2b32-4383-ad8d-c969f8b26b1f","type":"basic","issue\_date\_in\_millis":1482710400000,"expiry\_date\_in\_millis":1514332799999,"max\_nodes":100,"issued\_to":"bo hu (shanghai shipping exchange)","issuer":"Web Form","signature":"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"}}

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encounter-an-error-when-update-license/69974/2 "2016-12-26T05:40:31Z")

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Which version are you on? Exactly how did you update the license?

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**Author:** ![hubo3085632](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hubo3085632/32/23724_2.png) [@hubo3085632](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hubo3085632)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encounter-an-error-when-update-license/69974/3 "2016-12-26T05:54:07Z")

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es version : 2.3.5  
command : curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_license](http://localhost:9200/_license)' -d bo-hu.json

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encounter-an-error-when-update-license/69974/4 "2016-12-26T06:03:52Z")

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It looks like you have forgot the `@` sign ahead of the file name. Try this:

`curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/_license' -d @bo-hu.json`

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**Author:** ![hubo3085632](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hubo3085632/32/23724_2.png) [@hubo3085632](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hubo3085632)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encounter-an-error-when-update-license/69974/5 "2016-12-26T06:39:52Z")

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It works，thank you，i forgot the @。

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encounter-an-error-when-update-license/69974/6 "2017-01-23T06:40:12Z")

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